Show I LINCOLN EXTOLLED I AS lABORS LABOR FRIEND I I Mine l Leader ader Quotes Speeches Speech Speech- Speece es Cs e of Emancipator in ill Report 1 Kansas Cily City Mo March March S. S Present S.-Present- Present Presenting ing his report to the biennial convention cOIen conven conven- Lion tion ton of district 11 U. U United Mine Workers Work Work- I ers of America Alexander Alcander Howat pres- pres I Ident of or the district quoted Abraham Abrham Lincoln as the friend of ot labor and and fa- fa a- a the tho right to strike vat JIo quoted twice from Lincoln A speech delivered at New Now Haven Conn March 6 G 1860 was quoted from Crom CromI as follows I eI am glad to a a system of labor prevails pre als in Now New England under which labor can strike when it wants to where they are arc not obliged to work worle under all 1 circumstances and ind are aro not tied ted down eown and md obliged to labor whether you pay them or 01 not noL not Lincoln's message to Congress December Do- Do cember comber 3 1861 was quoted as follows Labor bor is prior to and independent of oC capital Labor is superior to capital and deserves much higher tion lon No men lv living ing arc are more worthy to bo be trusted than those who toll toil tol up from po ert poverty and none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have I Inot not honestly honesty earned earned |